Chapter 931 – Parting Is Only a Letter Away (2/2)
Qi Jian glanced at Nanke quietly sitting at Chen Changsheng's side and said, ”Can you not be like this?”
Chen Changsheng had always had a gentle personality, but now he could not hide his displeasure. ”Just what's going on? I haven't even done anything.”
Qi Jian said, ”You understand what I mean.”
Zhexiu added, ”Her meaning is that you shouldn't treat other girls too well.”
Tang Thirty-Six said, ”Do you think that Chen Changsheng doesn't know? He's well aware, which is why he's gotten angry out of embarrassment.”
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Their business at Mount Li finished, Chen Changsheng and his party bid farewell early next morning and returned on their original path.
Still nobody knew what was happening in White Emperor City. There was a shadow over his heart that caused him a great deal of concern.
He arranged to meet Xu Yourong in the village at the base of Holy Maiden Peak. He was confident that the latest report would have arrived by then.
They would decide what to do then.
The morning light had just touched the verdant mountains, so the wind on the Tong River was somewhat chilly.
Chen Changsheng looked at the village on the opposite shore. He knew that Xu Yourong was already there, which improved his mood slightly.
At this moment, a cry came from the sky as a Red Goose streaked out of the clouds to his north and landed in front of him.
Hu Thirty-Two untied the letter box from the Red Goose's foot. He followed the stipulated methods and removed a token, taking the letter from within and handing it to Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng's expression did not change as his eyes moved across the dense passage on the letter, but everyone could sense that he had become rather nervous, and also angry.
The grass along the Tong River was covered in light layer of frost, just like the mood in his eyes.
Chen Changsheng took a sheet of paper and jotted down a few hasty sentences for Ye Xiaolian to give to Xu Yourong across the river. ”I have an urgent matter, so I'll leave first.”
After saying this, he immediately boarded a carriage that had been prepared in advance by the Daoist church of the south. The carriage quickly galloped off along the official road running along the western shore of the Tong River, its ultimate direction to the north.
Ye Xiaolian was clueless as to what had happened. She walked across the water to meet Xu Yourong. When delivering the letter, she could not conceal her concern.
By now, Xu Yourong already knew what had happened, and she was not angry at Chen Changsheng's sudden departure. However, when she saw what was written on the letter, she couldn't help but feel a little displeased.
”Go if you have to, and I won't say anything. But riding my crane to see another girl? That's a little too much.”
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As one followed the course of the Tong River northward, one arrived at the eastern foothills of the Luomei Mountains. Chen Changsheng's party arrived at the southernmost county of the Great Zhou Dynasty: Luling County.
When their carriage entered the Prince of Luling's estate, the sun had just risen over the trees, from which one could tell how rushed they had been.
Tang Thirty-Six and Hu Thirty-Two felt thoroughly exhausted, and also just as curious. Someone had been sending Chen Changsheng letters ever since he had left Sloping Cliff Horse Farm, with all of the Li Palace's plans related to these letters. Just who was the writer of this letter? Why did Chen Changsheng trust these letters so, and what was in today's letter that made Chen Changsheng so anxious? It even reminded them of Chen Changsheng's mood in Fengyang City upon learning that there was something strange going on in Holy Maiden Peak.
To Chen Changsheng, just who in the world had a similar status to Xu Yourong?
Tang Thirty-Six and Hu Thirty-Two did not find an answer in the Prince of Luling's estate, and the person waiting for them was not the Prince of Luling, but… the Prince of Louyang.
This most useless prince of the Chen clan appeared greatly fatigued and covered in dust. He had probably just hurried down from the north.
Seeing Chen Changsheng come in, the Prince of Louyang hurriedly prostrated, his knees hitting the ground and his rear snapping into the air as he adopted an extremely deferential posture.